Ww1

World War 1 People

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Franz Ferdinand
    Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in Sarajevo in June
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    U.S president who sent marines to seize the Mexican port of Veracruz in 1914. Came up with The Fourteen Points the last point being the Treaty of Versailles which the allies didn't like
  • John Pershing

    John Pershing
    U.S. general who crossed the border with 6,000 troops to pursue the Mexican guerrilla leader
  • Alvin York

    Alvin York
    At the Battle of Argonne Forest he single-handedly killed 25 machine-gunners and captured 132 German soldiers when his soldiers took cover; won Congressional Medal of Freedom